Combination cabinet



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gg, ff A Patented Nov. 4, 1930 PATENT OFFICE MARY WADE J ONES, OF WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA COMBINATION CABINET Application filed J'uly 3, 1928.

This invention relates to furniture, and especially to an improved combination cabinet to which l may apply any appropriate trade naine.

5 One obj ect of this invention is to provide a compact, attractive and convenient unitary structure which constitutes an exceedingly convenient storage cabinet for books, papers, stationery, a telephone, a small radio set, and

10 other articles, and at the same time includes a writing desk and one or more mirrors.

Another important object of this invention is to provide a cabinet of this* character with a telephone chamber having front and 115 rear doors, the rear door being provided with a slot which ,is open at one edge and receives the conducting cord of the telephone, whereby the telephone can be placed in the chamber without disconnecting thel conducting cord.

Another object of this invention is to provide a combinationcabinet of this character of such shape andproportions that the resemblance is that of a modern radio cabinet, or) and is of such comparatively simple construction that it can be manufactured at a relatively low cost.

Other objects and important features are pointed out or implied in the following dee tails of description, in connection with the 39 accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved combination cabinet.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view, along M the line 2-2 of Figures 1 and 4.

' Figure 3 is a rear elevation, a part of the telephone conducting cord being shown through the slot of the rear door.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view along n the line 4 4 of Figure 2, the telephone being omitted, and an ink Well being shown in a cavity provided therefor.

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional view along the line 5 5 of Figure 4.

1 45 Referring to these drawings in detail, in

which similar' reference characters corre# spond to similar parts in theseveral views, and in which the telephone T, its conducting cord C. and the .ink well l are shown to help fi? illustrate the purposes of the cabinet, the in- Serial No. 290,102.

vention will now be described in detail as follows:

The cabinet includes a frame work or body which is generally indicated at 7, including front horizontal bars or strips 8, 9 and 10; 55 rear horizontal bars 11, 12 and 13; a rear panel 14; end walls 15; a bottom or lower floor 16; an upper floor 17; and a top or cover 18. This framework or Vrigid structure also includes a partition 19, shelves 20 supported 60 by this partition and one of the end walls 15, partitions 21 which combine with the shelves 20 to form pigeon holes, and a. drawer-supporting shelf 22 on' which a drawer 23 is. mounted to be pulled outward and pushed in- 05 wardby means of a knob 24. v y y The rigid structure described in the foregoing may also include book shelves 25,` although such shelves may, instead of beinglixed, be removable and adjustable in a man ner which is publicly well known. Doors 2t are hinged to the uprights which form parts of the en d walls 15, and these doors preferably include transparent bevelled glass panels or panes 27, and suitable locks or 5 fastening means (not shown) may be provided for these doors of the bookcase.

The horizontal partition or shelf 17 forms a top of the book-case, and the bottom or floor of the `compartments or chambers which include the previously described pigeon holes, the telephone-chamber, and the stationery chamber. The telephone chamber is generally indicated by the number 28, and extends from the rightfhand wall 15 to the partition 85 19, while the series of pigeon holes and the stationery compartment 29 (Figure 4) extend from the left-hand wall 15 to thepartition 19. A conventional form of pen and pencil holder is indicated at 30, within the stationery com- 90e partment or chamber 29.V

Within the telephone chamber, a mat or cushionI 31 may be provided to receive the telephone. The upper rear part of the cabinet is provided with a door 32 which extends from one to the other of the side walls 15, so it not only closes the rear part of the tele-r phone chamber, but also closes a secret compartment 33 behind some of the pigeon holes, as'rshown in Figure 5. In this figure, you 1.00

Will see that some of the pigeon holes may be deep, as indicated at 34:, while others are relatively shallow, as indicated at 35, thereby providing for relatively long and relatively short envelopes and other papers, and at the same time providing the secret compartment 33 at which access can be obtained only by opening the rear door 32. This rear door is provided with a slot 36 which is open at one end, the upper end, as here shown, and this is an important feature of the invention, for it permits the telephone and the connected end of the conducting cord to be placed in the telephone chamber without having to disconnect they telephone cord. Therefore, when a person buys one of these cabinets, it is only necessary to open the rear door 32, place the previously installed telephone on the Hoor 17 or mat 3l, and close the door S2 While guiding the telephone cord into the slot 36. rlhe door 32 may be provided with any appropriate form of lock, latch or button as indicated at 37, in Figure 2. The upforming a floor for the upper chamber, a rear door hinged on said frame and provided with a slot which opens through one edge of the door so a telephones conducting cord can be passed thereinto while a telephone is being passed through the open rear doorway, to be seated on said partition, and a front door hinged to the frame at the front edge of said partition and movable into positions for closing and opening the doorway thereof so the telephone can be moved out therethrough from said partition, and means to combine with the hinges of the front door for supporting it in an open and substantially horizontal position in which it conveniently receives and supports the telephone when it is moved forward from said horiz-ontal partition.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' MARY VADE JONES.

per front part of the cabinet is close-d by a mirror-frame and mirror, the lframe being indicated at 3S, and the mirror at 39, the latter having bevelled edges as shown.

The mirror 39 is backed by a sheet of material indicated at 40, which may be of any ap propraite kind for protecting the mtlrror while serving as a horizontal surface on which stationery may be placed while writing thereon when the upper door 38-89-40 is open or in the horizontal position shown in Figure- 5, and in broken lines in Figure 2. The door 38-39-40 is hinged at 4l, on the frame 7, and' pivotally connected supporting strips are shown at 42. These supporting strips are of previously well known construction, so it is sufficient to explain that they fold for ermitting the door 38-39-40 to be raised rom its horizontal position to its vertical or normal closed position, and that they combine with the hinges 41 for supporting the door 38-39-'40 in its horizontal position, for use as a writing shelf. Any appropriate form of lock or latch may be employed for securing the door 38-89-40, as indicated -at 43 (Figure 2,). Y

The hinges of the doors 26i27 are indicated lat 44. y

Although I have described this embodiment of my invention very specifically, it is not my intention to limit my patent protection to the exact constructions and arrangement shown and described, for the invention is susceptible of numerous changes Within the scope of the inventive ideas as implied and claimed.V i

What I claim as my invention is:

In a combination portable cabinet, the combination of a hollow frame provided with a horizontal partition that divides it into an4 upper 'chamber and ak lower chamber and forms a top for thelower chamber while 

